Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
(if ant
implemented target inheritance, you could have predefined 'standard'
targets in ant as well, but that's another story).
It's been a long time since you exercised your commit rights, but if you
do <import> another build file, you can override the targets, and refer
to the previous ones by ${project{.target, where ${project} is
project/@name of the imported file.
What you cannot do is declare a dependency on the dependencies of
another project, i.e you cannot go
<target name="package" depends="dependencies(core.package)" />
Instead you have to define state targets that represent a
state/milestone without any side effects in the target itself
<target name="package" depends="ready-to-package" >
...
</target>
just an FYI. If/when you choose to re-exercise your ant commit rights,
we will give you a full java-developer test including hard questions
about classloaders that nobody gets right.
-steve
